MafiaMan

Wilbur, what were you and I saying about Michigan? Two more wins to an NCAA bid!

LOL on FSN. Following a PP goal by Bjugstad, Casey Hankinson blurts out 'and now the floodgates might open for the Gophers!'. 3 seconds later, Bemidji State scores. Kyle Rau completely flops, throwing himself into the air...and immediately a penalty is called on the Beavers...wow, just wow.

I do love the new Tech jerseys. If Michigan Tech can out-recruit LSSU and Northern Michigan (given the location of the schools, they are likely recruiting the same players), the Huskies could be very formidable in the new WCHA.

And their heels too!

The greatest women's team ever is about to pull a '97 Michigan and lose!

Cmon ladies...find a way!

Gee...go figure that...

Cmon Sioux ladies! Kill that penalty and shut the TC media up!

Is this game on TV?

I like that too. Nice recruiting pitch...a message to Northern Michigan and Lake Superior Sate. Has anyone noticed St Cloud State doing the same thing since Motzko took over? Their shoulder patch was changed to one of the outline of the state if Minnesota. It used to be the same logo as the main crest - the Montreal Canadiens wanna-be's.

That's not the first time I've heard the 'college hockey Yankees' line. A few years ago, a local sports columnist was skewered by the press for saying the same thing...FSN TV deal...WCHA Final Five in its own backyard every March, biggest city in conference...top notch facility...ability to cherry-pick 95% of talent in area in terms of high school recruits...and despite ALL of these advantages, somehow not able to dominate the landscape year in and year out. I cannot remember the sportswriter...but I remember the comment. It might have been Patrick Reusse...

I have ZERO doubt that UND will be playing at 7:00pm on Thursday. Book it.

Maybe your Gopher women's hockey team can help distract you from tomorrow's NCAA men's basketball selection show. Here come your double-digit seed Gophers...

Ok, NOW Maine's out...Michigan wins...Michigan State wins...Cornell wins...TONS of opening game playoff upsets tonite! Go Beavers go!

Yikes...I thought they had lost Game 1 already...not sure why I even thought that...thanks for the correction. I've always liked Maine hockey and still believe they were hosed out of an NCAA title in 2002. Their program has really struggled the last couple of years though.

UMass-Lowell ends Maine's season tonight 4-2. Tim Whitehead, the Athletic Director will see you shortly...

Where are you staying? You could always ditch, er, leave the kids and wife at the hotel while you enjoy a good meal at the Hogger...

I work in downtown St Paul...scalpers are everywhere on game days. If you want to go badly enough, you can find tickets.

Door prizes have been ordered and will be ready for next weekend. Does anybody have anything catchy for the Hoggsbreath sign outside the bar? Tom and Jossie were kind enough to put up 'WELCOME NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX HOCKEY FANS' two years ago. I thought 'TO HELL WITH THE NCAA...WELCOME FIGHTING SIOUX FANS' would be pretty amusing this time around...

I have a few quality door prizes for people who do attend...would rather not blow my entire bank account on two days worth of them though.

I apologize for dragging my feet on picking a day here...just trying to get a gauge of when the Al Pearson bus and long-time Hoggsbreath brunch attendee Yane A will be in town...I expect to have this wrapped up in a day or two. Thank you for your patience.

Well, hopefully UND wins a title before then...if not, I guess I can wait until 2018. Totally off-topic, Mariucci and SiouxScore...how are you both feeling NOW about Minnesota's NCAA basketball chances? Seems to me a loss to Illinois could mean goodbye NCAA and hello NIT! Shoo-in my a**.

You would fire a coach with 12 regular season ACC championships, 13 ACC tournament championships, and 4 NCAA championships? Wow. The expecations of some fans with respect to sports is unbelievable.

The original comparison was Jack Parker in the previous post I had made on the topic.

Teams are indeed re-seeded after the first round of the playoffs.